By The Numbers: Henderson vs. Thomson

How do Saturday’s FOX headliners Benson Henderson and Josh Thomson stack up by the numbers? Read on to find out…

39Combined professional wins

24Combined finishes (7 KO/TKO, 17 submissions)

10Longest win streak of Henderson’s career including 5 WEC wins where “Smooth” won the WEC interim lightweight title, unified the WEC lightweight title, and successfully defended the belt once

7Fight win streak for “Bendo” inside the Octagon including winning the UFC lightweight belt from Frankie Edgar and successfully defending it 3 times

8Longest win streak of Thomson’s career including 7 wins in Strikeforce winning “The Punk” won the Strikeforce U.S. lightweight belt, successfully defended it once, and won the Strikeforce lightweight belt from Gilbert Melendez

66%Percentage of Henderson’s career losses to current UFC lightweight champ Anthony Pettis

40%Percentage of Thomson’s career losses to the last Strikeforce lightweight champ Gilbert Melendez

303Days it took “Bendo” to make his UFC lightweight debut to becoming the UFC lightweight champion, 4 Octagon appearances

288Days it took Brock Lesnar to make his UFC heavyweight debut to becoming the UFC heavyweight champion, 3 Octagon appearances

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